United’s Swanky New Jets Include Premium Seats, 4K Screens, and a Snack Bar. See the List of New Destinations

The Airbus jets offer 16 more premium seats than the Boeing 757s they replace, according to United.

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The Polaris cabin on United’s new Airbus A321XLR sits in the first 10 rows of the single-aisle airplane, one seat on either side of the aisle, each closed off by a privacy door. Standing in it inside Hangar 54 at Newark Liberty on Tuesday, I noticed the seat angle before anything else. On a wide-body United plane, the odd-numbered window seats are the ones seasoned flyers hunt for, offering a seat closer to the window and further from the aisle. But on United’s new XLR plane, the........

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